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Shooting tips > Capturing Beautiful Illumination
Level: Beginner
LESSON 17Capturing Beautiful Illumination
Whenever you see the gorgeous illumination of a cityscape, you want to capture it in photos. Here, we show you how to photograph illumination so the image contains the splendor that you see at the actual scene. When shooting, set the camera to A-mode so you can customize the aperture. Generally, reduce the aperture when you want to focus on the entire scene, and open the aperture as much as possible when you want to emphasize and get a close-up shot of illumination or decoration.
Photographing the Entire Scene
When photographing illumination, sometimes you may want to capture the entire scene as a cityscape, and sometimes you may want to capture close-ups of your subject.
Generally, when photographing the entire scene, try setting the exposure compensation, white balance, and Creative Style/Creative Look in similar ways to when shooting at night. Also, see Capturing Dramatic Night Scenes, which covers the basics for shooting at night.
Aperture setting
To focus the camera on the entire scene, shoot with a smaller aperture. You can capture beautiful images with the entire scene in focus by setting the aperture value to between f8 and f11. However, if you do not have a tripod, preventing camera shake is a priority. Even when shooting an entire scene, open the aperture as much as possible.
Exposure compensation
A basic tip for shooting illumination is to adjust the brightness to create the overall atmosphere. Adjusting the exposure compensation toward + creates more vibrant images, depending on the light source and camera settings.
But because illumination lighting deals with greater differences between bright and dark areas than shooting typical night scenes does, there may be higher contrast, and you may not be able to capture what you see by adjusting just the exposure compensation. In this case, try adjusting the D-Range Optimizer (DRO). DRO analyzes the image and obtains the optimal brightness for each area in the image. Unlike exposure compensation, which uniformly increases or decreases the overall brightness of the image, this function adjusts the brightness only in underexposed or overexposed areas, which is especially effective much light contrast exists.
When shooting illumination, the effect of this function becomes apparent at stronger levels (Lv3 to Lv5). However, overdoing the correction can create unnatural images and noticeable noise, so select an optimal level by checking the images that you have shot.
Here, DRO was set to Lv5. When DRO is on, the darker areas are made brighter, creating an image that looks more like what we see with our naked eyes. Another useful function is auto HDR, which shoots three images at different exposures at the same time, then overlaps these images to capture both the bright and dark areas.
See the User Manual or Handbook to learn how to use DRO and Auto HDR.
White balance
By changing the white balance, you can change the expression of illuminated images. Although Auto WB can reproduce colors faithfully close to how we see them, you can also use Daylight to create a warm image or Incandescent to create a cold or ethereal image.
Creative Style/Creative Look
If adjusting the exposure compensation, DRO, and white balance are not enough, you can also try adjusting the saturation in Creative Style/Creative Look toward +. This will make the illumination lighting look more spectacular. We also recommend changing the Creative Style/Creative Look setting. Have some fun playing with the many Creative Style/Creative Look settings available.
Shooting Close-ups
When shooting illumination lighting, try capturing close-ups of nearby decorations and small objects. A close-up of just the illumination lighting tends to make the light bulbs and wires stand out, so focusing on nearby decorations or positioning the background just right can make for impressive images.
Here is a close-up of a Christmas tree ornament. Image (1) was shot focusing just on the ornament without changing the background. Because there is no illumination in the background, the entire image is dark, and the balance is poor. In image (2), the camera angle was selected to capture another tree in the background. It has better balance than image (1), and it beautifully expresses the gorgeous surroundings. To defocus the background as much as possible, the aperture was opened all the way, but with auto exposure, the image appeared dark, so exposure compensation was adjusted toward +. The picture at right above is a good alternative image of a small primary subject in focus and illumination itself as a secondary subject in the composition.
You can shoot to defocus illumination in the foreground, just as you can shoot to defocus illumination in the background. Creating large round blurs of illumination can make an image look magical. The size and number of round blurs can vary greatly, depending on the illumination, distance to the light, and camera angle for the shot. To achieve optimal image balance, try taking several shots while moving. If it is difficult to focus on the subject in the background, use manual focus.
For image (1), manual focus was used to adjust the focus and make everything appear blurred. This is a good way to capture an interesting image when the subject is only illumination lighting.
Also, depending on the application, you can use a commercially available cross filter to create a brilliant image, as shown in (2).
Using a Fixed Focal Length Lens
With a Fixed Focal Length Lens, you can create impressive shots with the background even more defocused, which works well when photographing illumination. A Fixed Focal Length Lens can capture more light than a zoom lens, creating less blur for more convenient shooting even in dim areas.
This standard prime lens with a 55 mm focal length and large F1.8 maximum aperture offers stunning ZEISS Sonnar contrast and resolution for full-frame E-mount bodies. It can also create gorgeous background bokeh to set off your subject when needed. The big, bright maximum aperture means you can shoot handheld in low-light conditions while still getting outstanding sharpness and clarity.
This medium telephoto lens has a 75mm focal length (35mm equivalent), which is ideal for portraits. The bright aperture of f1.8 and the new optics system enables you to shoot beautiful blurred images. When combined with an optical image stabilization function, this lens demonstrates its power in handheld photography even in darker conditions. In addition, the built-in motor and internal focusing provide smooth and silent AF, ideal for movie recording. The lens features an aluminum alloy exterior for a high-quality appearance.


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Video Games of 2011 We Can't Wait to Play: Garnett
2011 is shaping up to be a great year for video games. Here at Shacknews we've pored over the treasure trove of titles coming this year and each picked out a select few games to highlight. It's up to Garnett to close it out with his most anticipated of 2011.
Guild Wars 2: Guild Wars earned a loyal following for being the online multiplayer RPG that wasn't trying to be World of Warcraft (WoW). Buy the game, create your character, and play with friends without forking over a monthly fee. Adventures all took place in instances, unique versions of the world created for your group, as opposed to the massive world of WoW. And the game did a nice job of creating both a rich set of PvE quests and PvP arenas.
Along with expected jump in presentation quality from building the game on a new, modern engine, the upcoming sequel packs a number of intriguing innovations. Among them, their plan for dynamic events in the game world stands as one of those things that could be a real game changer if they can pull it off. These involve situations in the adventure, the outcome of which is not fixed. So what happens when they occur leads to a number of potential outcomes. In the demo I saw at PAX last year the ramifications were massive. The team also plans cool support tools, like the iPhone and Android app I also saw there that lets players see what's happening and talk to their buddies in-game anytime, anywhere.
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North: Developer Snowblind Studios created two of my favorite loot-hunt action rpgs: Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance and Champions of Norrath. I've hoped they'd make something similar since the beginning of this generation. It's taken a while but Lord of the Rings: War in the North looks like that game. While the perspective has changed some, bringing the camera in closer to the character making it more like a third-person action game, and the action looks like classic dungeon crawl fare.
With the growing separation of time since the movies, Snowblind has also been given some leeway with the license. The game creates its own new fiction around the events Tolkien mentions in the books about the eponymous war in the north, and it will likely be the first game for the franchise to sport an M rating. With a beautiful looking game world, characters built to support one another adventuring co-op, and whole new realm of Middle Earth to plunder, I expect to lose a lot of time to this one.
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception: As a longtime Tomb Raider fan, I initially held plenty of skepticism for Uncharted. The first game, though, won me over with its Spielbergian flair for the action and the second perfected the formula, resulting in one of my favorite games of all time.
Lawrence of Arabia and the Crusades provide fertile ground for the historic mysteries developer Naughty Dog plays off of to fuel Drake's adventures in his third outing.
The team plans major upgrades to the hand-to-hand fighting system, which would be a welcome addition to the game. Fun as the gunplay has been in the first two games, Drake needs to add that brawler element to his repertoire if he is to completely capture the Indiana Jones mystique. To go with the fighting skills, Drake also gets a major upgrade in his climbing and acrobatic skills, backed up with new attention to animation so that he looks more natural than ever clamoring around the environment.
Torchlight 2: I thought long and hard about putting Diablo III in this spot. Honestly, I think even taking into account the time I spent in WoW that I've spent more hours of my life playing Diablo 2 than any other game. I love it. But realistically, I don't think Diablo III comes out this year and you know what, it doesn't matter. (Also, StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm was skipped for this feature because it's not expected in 2011, sadly.)
Torchlight already made me forget about it once and from the plans I've seen for the sequel, my memory may get wiped for even longer this time around.
Torchlight 2 brings the one thing missing from the first game: online multiplayer co-op. It's the perfect fit for spending hours in the game's randomly generated levels. There's literally no end to the potential. The development team at Runic Games has also benefited from the work they've done creating a console version of Torchlight for XBLA. The results should pay off in an even smoother interface for Torchlight 2.
Mass Effect 3: I couldn't put the first Mass Effect down. Its intergalactic struggle pitting all of civilization against an ancient threat known as the Reapers provided the stuff of legend. The second game, though, wandered some for me. With this supposed final chapter of the saga I'm hopeful BioWare finds the magic balance with story, characters, and action.
From early looks, the Reavers appear to be right in the thick of things this time around, which bodes well. The biggest draw, though, comes from the prospect of all consequences to my character's decisions in the prior two games coming home to roost. I've played her (yes, her. My Shepard is a bad ass) in a no-nonsense, get the job done, mostly does the right thing--at least when it benefits her--sort of way. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing if the game lives up to its promise and how it holds her accountable.
That does it for our most anticipated titles of 2011. In case you don't see something you're looking forward to, make sure to look back at the rest of the staff's selections.

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LONDON, ENGLAND A famous feat of Victorian engineering is underthreat from a modern day menace, the hated Chelsea Tractor, sometimes called SUVs by people with no grasp of the English language. The putrid snobbery and huge egos belonging to the drivers of these 15 tonne Idiot Tanks, the much lamented blights of modern city living, have been weighing down the delicate venerable old bridge.
Although HGVs and all other vehicles that weigh over two tonnes are banned from the bridge, Chelsea Tractor drivers have modified their cars so they can narrow themselves to get past the barriers for large vehicles.
Michael Bridges, a failed professional footballer turned bridge afficionado, warned, "If these flash gits keep driving these Idiot Tanks, the old lady's going to give way."
But what's the solution? Some insane maniac suggested improving signposting notifying drivers what vehicles are banned from the bridge and further width restriction, though he was taken away to the nearest psychiatric unit.
When Tony Blair was addressing the public about the crisis in Lebanon he was interrupted by his spin doctors with this latest news. He blurted out the immortal lines, "Fuck Hezbollah, Saddam and Osama Bin Laden this is real terrorism. We shall launch a war against Chelsea Tractors. No mercy will be given, the free democratic world will do as we fucking well say and back our wild adventurism." He then jumped into his Humvee passion waggon with his new husband George Dubya on his way to his 5th country mansion.
"The solution clearly lies in squadrons of tanks, mortars and rooftop snipers annihilating all Chelsea Tractors that attempt to illegally traverse the bridge", said Colonel Lieutenant Corporal Sargeant Percival Cuntington-Smythehurst. "We originally were going to get the Israelis do give us a hand but they told us to wait whilst they're getting a bit of practise in over in Lebanon. If they are anywhere as good at bombing fleeing civilians in rusty old Volvo estates as they are at bombing these huge Range Rovers then we're in for a frightfully jolly good show. For now we'll just have to make do with RPGs, grenades, mortars and pidgeons defaecating on them."
The Albert Bridge himself said, "These fucking Chelsea Tractor really have been giving me the hump recently. The casual racism, snobbishness and prawn sandwiches of their cuntish drivers bloody drive me up the ball. I've been tempted to collapse just to teach the wankers a lesson."
- Prince Albert's Chimneysweeper "Albert Bridge and its seedy history". The Politburo, ,


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XX. Such then are the principal circumstances of
this famous story, the more harsh and shocking parts of it, such as the cutting up of Horus and the beheading of Isis, being omitted. Now, if such could be supposed to be the real sentiments of the Egyptians concerning those divine Beings whose most distinguishing characteristics are happiness and immortality, or could it be imagined that they actually believed what they thus tell us ever to have actually taken place, I should not need to warn you, O Clea, you who are already sufficiently averse to such impious and absurd notions of the God, I should not, I say, have need to caution you, to testify your abhorrence of them, and, as Aeschylus expresses it, "to spit and wash your mouth" after the recital of them. In the present case, however, it is not so. And I doubt not that you yourself are conscious of the difference between this history and those light and idle fictions which the poets and other writers of fables, like spiders, weave and spin out of their own imaginations, without having any substantial ground or firm foundation to work upon. There must have been some real distress, some actual calamity, at the bottom as the ground-work of the narration; for, as mathematicians assure us, the rainbow is nothing else but a variegated image of the sun, thrown upon the sight by the reflection of his beams from the clouds; and thus ought we to look upon the present story as the representation, or rather reflection, of something real as its true cause. And this notion is still farther suggested to us as well by that solemn air of grief and
sadness which appears in their sacrifices, as by the very form and arrangement of their temples, which extend into long avenues and open aisles in some portions, 1 and in others retreating into dark and gloomy chapels which resembled the underground vaults which are allotted to the dead. That the history has a substantial foundation is proved by the opinion which obtains generally concerning the sepulchres of Osiris. There are many places wherein his body is said to have been deposited, and among these are Abydos and Memphis, both of which are said to contain his body. It is for this reason, they say, that the richer and more prosperous citizens wish to be buried in the former of these cities, being ambitious of lying, as it were, in the grave with Osiris. 2 The title of Memphis to be regarded
as the grave of Osiris seems to rest upon the fact that the Apis Bull, who is considered to be the image of the soul of Osiris, is kept in that city for the express purpose that it may be as near his body as possible. 1 Others again tell us that the interpretation of the name Memphis 2 is "the haven of good men," and that the true sepulchre of Osiris lies in that little island which the Nile makes at Philae. 3 This island is, they say, inaccessible, and neither bird can alight on it, nor fish swim near it, except at the times when the priests go over to it from the mainland to solemnize their customary rites to the dead, and to crown his tomb with flowers, which, they say, is overshadowed by the branches of a tamarisk-tree, the size of which exceeds that of an olive-tree.
228:1 According to the legend given in the Fourth Sallier Papyrus, the fight between Horus and Set began on the 26th day of the month of Thoth, and lasted three days and three nights. It was fought in or near the hall of the lords of Kher-aha, i.e., near Heliopolis, and in the presence of Isis, who seems to have tried to spare both her brother Set and her son Horus. For some reason Horus became enraged with his mother, and attacking her like a "leopard of the south," he cut off the head of Isis. Thereupon Thoth came forward, and using words of power, created a substitute in the form of a cow's head, and placed it on her body (Sallier, iv., p. 2; see Select Papyri, pl. cxlv.).
228:2 Horus inherited the throne by his father's will, a fact which is so often emphasized in the texts that it seems there may be some ground for Plutarch's view.
228:3 This view is confirmed by the words in the hymn to Osiris, "she moved the inactivity of the Still-Heart (Osiris), she drew from him his essence, she made an heir."
228:4 In Egyptian, HERU-PA-KHART, "Horus the Child."
230:1 Plutarch refers to the long colonnaded courts which extend in a straight line to the sanctuary, which often contains more than one shrine, and to the chambers wherein temple properties, vestments, &c., were kept.
230:2 In what city the cult of Osiris originated is not known, but it is quite certain that before the end of the VIth Dynasty Abydos became the centre of his worship, and that he dispossessed the local god An-Her in the affections of the people. Tradition affirmed that the head of Osiris was preserved at Abydos in a box, and a picture of it, became the symbol of the city. At Abydos a sort of miracle play, in which all the sufferings and resurrection of Osiris were commemorated, was performed annually, and the raising up of a model of his body, and the placing of his head upon it, were the culminating ceremonies. At Abydos was the famous shaft into which offerings were cast for transmission to the dead in the Other World, and through the Gap in the hills close by souls were believed to set out on their journey thither. One tradition places the p. 231 Elysian Fields in the neighbourhood of Abydos. A fine stone bier, a restoration probably of the XXVIth Dynasty, which represented the original bier of Osiris, was discovered there by M. Amélineau. It is now in the Egyptian Museum at Cairo.


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Instead of attempting a port to another microkernel, or writing an own one, an implementation of a Hurd system could use another existing operating system/kernel, like UNIX, for example, the Linux kernel. This is not a microkernel, but that is not an inherent hindrance; depending on what the goals are.
There has been an attempt for building a Mach on top of POSIX.
IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-02-08
Richard's X-15 Mach re-implementation:
<braunr> and in case you didn't notice, it's stalled
<braunr> actually i don't intend to work on it for the time being
<braunr> i'd rather do as neal suggested: take linux, strip it, and give it
a mach interface
<braunr> (if your goal really is to get something usable for real world
<antrik> braunr: why would you want to strip down Linux? I think one of the
major benefits of building a Linux-Frankenmach would be the ability to
use standard Linux functionality alongside Hurd...
<braunr> we could have a linux x86_64 based mach replacement in "little"
time, with a compatible i386 interface for the hurd
<braunr> antrik: well, many of the vfs and network subsystems would be hard
to use
<antrik> BTW, one of the talks at FOSDEM was about the possibility of using
different kernels for Genode, and pariticularily focused on the
possibilities with using Linux... unfortunately, I wasn't able to follow
the whole talk; but they mentioned similar possibilities to what I'm
envisioning here :-)
IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-03-28
<mel__> is there currently any work going on with respect to
<antrik> mel__: no
<antrik> we have other priorities to take care of :-)
<braunr> antrik: i still intend to try giving linux a "mach personality" :)
<braunr> antrik: but i don't have much time for development currently :(
<mel__> antrik: which means that the hope is that Mach can be turned into
something really well working (i.e. secure/scalable/etc.)?
<antrik> mel__: yes, that's the venue we are pursuing
<antrik> (and IMHO the right one... though the Linux layer mentioned by
braunr is also one of my favourite projects, that we should pursue *in
parallel* to the existing Mach-based implementation)
<mel__> what is this Linux Layer exactly?
<mel__> a Linux instance running on top of Mach in parallel to Hurd
<braunr> mel__: not exactly
<braunr> mel__: it would involve adding a mach layer on top of linux
<braunr> mel__: so that linux can be used as a mach kernel
<mel__> Ah!
<mel__> Running Hurd on top of Linux
<mel__> :-D
<mel__> Funny
<braunr> ironic, yes
<braunr> but very pragmatic
<mel__> and THEN
<antrik> yeah. I most like the name: Hurd Emulation Layer on
Linux... i.e. HELL :-)
<mel__> we use a device driver framework something so that we can use Linux
device drivers in Hurd!
<mel__> on top of Linux....
<braunr> yes
<braunr> i guess a transition phase would include using in kernel drivers
directly for a while
<mel__> and somebody is working on that?
<antrik> mel__: well, for using Linux drivers we are persuing DDE, which
allows us doing that with Mach as well
<braunr> then grabbing them out of the kernel and into dde
<braunr> not yet
<antrik> (in fact we have been using Linux drivers since forever... they
just haven't been updated for ages)
<mel__> I would _guess_ that it is not that hard.
<braunr> it's not
<mel__> Basically one would need to implement the message passing interface
thing in linux I guess.
<braunr> and many exported kernel objects like tasks, threads, etc..
<braunr> and implement all the RPCs normally implemented by the kernel
<braunr> but it's doable
<antrik> mel__: the IPC aspect is one part, but probably the less tricky
one. the external pager interface is really the crucial element
<mel__> uh
<mel__> yeah
<mel__> hooking into linux virtual memory stuff
<mel__> sounds delicate
<braunr> it's true that some interactions between the linux VM and file
systems (the linux equivalent of our pagers) is synchronous
<braunr> but i don't think it would be that hard considering the amount of
facilities available in linux
<braunr> it's just work, takes time, needs debugging, reviewing, testing,
<lcc> hurd on top of linux. how would that work?
<braunr> 15:30 < braunr> antrik: i still intend to try giving linux a "mach
personality" :)
<braunr> lcc: 7 system calls and a few hundreds of RPCs on top, the
internal magic of course, and voila ..
<antrik> of course porting Mach still requires work
<mel__> that would then be GNU/Hurd/Linux
<mel__> :-)
<antrik> hehe
<braunr> eh
<antrik> braunr: BTW, are you more thinking of a userspace solution on top
of standard Linux mechanisms, or additions to Linux itself?...
<antrik> (we probably talked about it already, but I don't remember all the
<braunr> antrik: adding to linux
<antrik> do you think a pure userspace solution would be realistic at all?
(at the expense of some performance of course)
<mel__> it's probably comparable to the qemu vs. qemu/kvm thing
<antrik> yeah, I guess that pretty much sums it up...
<braunr> antrik: i don't know :/
<antrik> OK
<lcc> how challenging is it to port mach?
<antrik> lcc: it requires good low-level knowledge of the platform in
question. having that, I guess it shouldn't be too hard to add the
necessary code in Mach...
<antrik> TBH I'm not sure how much knowledge of Mach internals is required
<braunr> the pmap module is the main thing to port
<antrik> braunr: well, sartakov seemed to have most trouble with the
scheduler when he attempted the ARM port...
<braunr> that's strange
<antrik> at least there was quite a long thread where he asked about how
task switching works in Mach
<braunr> ok
<braunr> that would be interesting
<braunr> i thought intereacting with the hardclock was enough
IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-04-05
<braunr> antrik: don't you think HELL is worth a try for the GSoC btw ?
<antrik> braunr: definitely. I haven't managed to rework the project ideas
list at all this year... but it's something I wanted there for a long
<youngrw> just out of curiousity, what is HELL ?
<antrik> Hurd Emulation Layer on Linux
<braunr> youngrw: it can be described in several ways
<braunr> youngrw: basically, it's a mach interface on top of linux
<youngrw> implementing I suppose both the IPC mechanism and memory
management interface?
<mel__> youngrw: basically that. more generally: implement everything in
order to let Hurd run on that layer.
<antrik> well, it's slightly more complicated in my view... it's basically
anything that allows running a Hurdish environment on top of
GNU/Linux. it might be simply an implementation/emulation of Mach
mechanisms; but it also *might* work on a slightly higher level...
<youngrw> antrik: how might HELL operate at the slighty higher level like
you describe?
<antrik> let's call it low-level HELL and high-level HELL ;-)
<antrik> (a more descriptive name would be hurdenv... but HELL is so much
more catchy :-) )
<antrik> so, high-level HELL... basically, the idea would be not to emulate
the kernel facilities and run all the real Hurd servers; but instead to
use special servers implementing the Hurd interfaces, but on top of
standard Linux facilities
<antrik> hurdish programs could run in such an environment, as long as they
aren't too low-level
<antrik> I wonder whether generic RPC interfaces could be implemented with
some side channel tunneled though the ordinary Linux FS interfaces...
<antrik> so translators would be loaded as FUSE modules for example, but
could still present generic interfaces
<youngrw> That's actually pretty different from what I was expecting
<antrik> what were you expecting?
<youngrw> maybe something where the entire kernel interface is emulated by
a running user process, like a kind of virtual machine
<youngrw> I hope that makes sense--I may be using my words incorrectly.
<antrik> youngrw: that would be in the low-level HELL category
<youngrw> antrik: right; I had the misconception that the level was defined
by how it made use of the underlying linux system
<youngrw> and that different HELL designs would always implement the mach
IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-04-06
<braunr> antrik: i think we have diverging ideas about how to use linux for
the hurd
<braunr> antrik: what you seem to want are really emulation componants,
like e.g. ext2fs and pfinet actually using the linux implementation
<braunr> (correct me if i'm mistaken)
<braunr> whereas my project is to make linux behave as a mach clone
<antrik> braunr: as I said, I consider both variants -- either a high-level
HELL or a low-level HELL
<braunr> ok
<antrik> (or perhaps a mix of both)
<braunr> a mix would be best imho
<antrik> yeah, probably
<braunr> so we have the real hurd, the real mach interface, and a set of
native translators (e.g. ext2fs) along some emulating their functionality
using linux code (e.g. a hypothetical ext4fs)
<antrik> I don't think we would have emulation servers for individual Linux
filesystems. rather, a generic server interfacing with the Linux VFS
<braunr> ok
<antrik> braunr: BTW, I think I mentioned a couple of years ago that the
most realistic route towards a modern Mach in my opinion would be taking
a modern BSD (or Linux), and redo what the original Mach developers did
-- i.e. add the Mach-specific features, and drop the unnecessary UNIX
<braunr> antrik: :)
<braunr> we had discussions about it some time ago yes
<antrik> later I realised that it's better *not* to drop the UNIX
interfaces, but rather to keep them in parallel :-)
<braunr> antrik: for what purpose ?
<braunr> (i can imagine a few, but i'd like to know your idea)
<antrik> for the purpose of HELL :-)
<braunr> well hell would be the implementation, but what do you keep these
unix interfaces for ?
<antrik> i.e. people being able to play around with a Hurd environment
while staying with their existing system
<braunr> yes, i see
<braunr> i was considering doing that for development, yes
<braunr> uml first, and then i realized i wouldn't need it :)
<braunr> then i remembed netbsd and its syscall emulation layer
<antrik> also we might leverage some "foreign" userspace infrastructure
that way, such as udev
<antrik> (in the case of Linux that is... not sure whether NetBSD has
something similar at all ;-) )
<braunr> i'll have to check, it's been a long time since i've really used
<braunr> they must use a pure devfs instance now
IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-02-23
<desrt> so crazy idea: would it be possible to have mach as a linux kernel
<desrt> ie: some new binfmt type thing that could load mach binaries and
implement the required kernel ABI for them
<desrt> and then run the entire hurd under that....
<braunr> desrt: that's an idea, yes
<braunr> and not a new one
* desrt did a bit of googling but didn't find any information about it
<braunr> desrt: but why are you thinking of it ?
<braunr> we talked about it here, informally
<desrt> braunr: mostly because running hurd in a VM sucks
<desrt> if we had mach-via-linux, we'd have:
<desrt> - no vm overhead
<desrt> - no device virtualisation
<desrt> - 64bit (physical at least) memory support
<desrt> - SMP
<desrt> - access to the linux drivers, natively
<desrt> and maybe some other nice things
<braunr> yes we talkbed about all this
<braunr> but i still consider that to be an incomplete solution
<desrt> i don't consider it to be running "the hurd" as your OS... but it
would be a nice solution for development and virtualisation
<braunr> we probably don't want to use drivers natively, since we want them
to run in their own address space, with their own namespace context
<braunr> it would, certainly
<braunr> but it would require a lot of effort anyway
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A plumbing permit is necessary for the replacement of a water heater. Newly installed water heaters must also have an expansion tank installed. Some newer models cannot be installed without altering other parts of the system.
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Yes it is also problem with the IDE interface.160 bytes needed for each logical drive, for the EXDOS and device driver administration area. (Bigest part of these the storage space for the actual PATH of the drive.)If you want all possible drives from F to Z then 21*160=3360 bytes plus some for the expansion ROM variables.
(I would always prefer to use less drives, or even zero, as UNIX does not need this notion - drive letters are from CP/M originally even in DOS/Windows ...).
drives before F: can be used as well for SD card, right?
And also the "try to modify EXDOS to use FAT16" would be a great idea
I am not sure how frequent some "average" user wants and SD card interface for the EP using also a "real" EXDOS and using tons of drive letters at the same time.
I can't get small SRAM easily --
Fantastic! I look forward to seeing the new super-fast Enterprise computers which come out of this. May even over-clock one myself...
I was also thinking I may add 512KB RAM and 512KB FLASH to the board and possibly other things like a real time clock. The RAM and ROM would make this a nice external expansion for people who have an unexpanded EP64.
Or maybe in that situation, when I can use your "everythinginacartridge" expansion on an original, unmodified EP, with XXX+128K memory,and with the 10MHz hack, we drop out the inside 64K expansion, and use your cartridge with an XXX+64K memory configuration at 10MHz.
To be honest I was thinking more bare-bones style! Like these Speccy interfaces.


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3D Gaming board for 8/10mm scale games. Can be attached to other products in the range to produce a large gaming layout, 6 clips provided.
Made from 3mm and 1.5mm MDF. Products supplied unpainted and requiring assembly.
Measures 304 x 304 x 50mm (12 x 12 x 2 inch approx.)
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Consider the cheese curl, or the microwavable dinner, or beef jerky. These foods are not just tasty: They are scientifically optimized to be shelf-stable, perfectly consistent in taste from serving to serving, filling, addictive, savory, and cheap. Achieving all those goals requires more than a handful of pantry items—it requires state-of-the art production techniques and a serious helping of laboratory chemicals. So while most of us could identify our favorite homemade dishes from ingredients alone (olives, garlic, capers, linguine … sounds like puttanesca!), we would be hopelessly lost trying to recognize our favorite snacks.
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WHO WE AREThe International Organization for Migration (IOM) is part of the United Nations System as the leading inter-governmental organization promoting since 1951 humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all, with 175 member states and a presence in 171 countries.
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IOM rose from the ashes of World War Two 65 years ago. In the battle-scarred continent of Europe, no government alone could help survivors who wanted no more than an opportunity to resume their lives in freedom and with dignity. The first incarnation of IOM was created to resettle refugees during this post-war period.
IOM's history tracks the man-made and natural disasters of the past 65 years – Hungary 1956; Czechoslovakia 1968; Chile 1973; the Viet Nam boat people 1975; Kuwait 1990, Kosovo and Timor 1999; the 2003 invasion of Iraq; the 2004 Asian tsunami, the 2005 Pakistan earthquake and Haiti's 2010 earthquake.
IOM quickly grew from a focus on migrant and refugee resettlement to become the world's leading intergovernmental organization dedicated to the well-being, safety and engagement of migrants.
2016 has been a landmark year for migration. IOM and UN Member States grasped a historic opportunity to officially bring IOM into the UN system, giving a much-needed voice to migrants in the international community. And on 19 September, the United Nations hosted the first ever Summit on Refugees and Migrants.
Over the years, IOM has grown into 166 Member States. Its global presence has expanded to over 400 field locations. With over 90 percent of its staff deployed in the field, IOM has become a lead responder to the world's worst humanitarian emergencies.
Today, one in every seven people is a migrant – be it a refugee, a student, a migrant worker or a professional who moves between international postings.
Today, as we look forward to the future, we continue to uphold the beliefs that brought us into being 65 years ago: that migration builds resilience and that migrants are agents of change and development.


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Exclusive One of Britain's top technologists is leaving Nokia. Charles Davies, Psion's first employee in 1981, became MD of Psion Computer before leaving to join Symbian as CTO in 2003. Since Nokia acquired the Symbian staff two years ago, he was heading up the strategy and architecture team for Nokia R&D.
A plasma physics PhD, Davies was involved in many of the milestones achieved by Britain's last computer company. Psion created its own silicon and pioneered popular mobile innovations such as flash memory to market. He stayed with the company after Psion withdrew from the consumer market in 2001, working on a partnership with Nokia to create communicators, PDAs and messaging software that never bore fruit - although the UI intended for those devices (Hildon) later appeared in Nokia's widescreen phones, and its Linux tablet.
His new destination is another home for the Psion diaspora, TomTom. TomTom's phenomenal rise from software company to consumer hardware was piloted by former colleague, Psion silicon architect and former CTO Mark Gretton (interviewed here). Another senior Psion hardware guy, Ken McAlpine, joined TomTom two years ago, after a few years as Apple's head of engineering in Cupertino.
TomTom confirmed the appointment and said more details will follow.
The fate of the 200-strong team that Davies led isn't clear. Nokia recently reorganised for the second time in six months, losing the just-appointed phone boss Rick Simonson and appointing a new CTO, Rich Green from Sun Microsystems.
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Herman Cain Officially Running for President
Herman Cain, former CEO of Godfather's Pizza, announced his bid for the White House on Saturday.
"I'm running for president of the United States. I'm not running for second!" he proclaimed in Atlanta, according to Politico.
Cain enters the 2012 presidential race just as polls indicate there is no clear GOP frontrunner, especially after Mike Huckabee chose not to run.
Another big name, Donald Trump, will also not be on the list of GOP candidates.
The latest Gallup poll indicates that Cain is among the lesser known Republican candidates. The former business executive only has a 29 percent name recognition among Republicans.
In comparison, Newt Gingrich has an 84 percent name recognition and Ron Paul is recognized by 76 percent of Republicans, according to Gallup. Both have announced their run for the presidency.
Notably, however, Cain has the highest positive intensity score (24) among all official and potential GOP candidates.
In his announcement video, Cain presented himself as a man who can relate to the rest of the American people and as a man of faith.
"Today, I am announcing that I am running for President of the United States of America. America craves for real solutions to the problems we face. That's why I'm running for president."
"It won't be easy but we can turn this country around. There is no greater force on earth than the united will of the American people. The sleeping giant, we the people, have awakened."
Providing a brief look into who he is, Cain, who is African American, said in the video that his father worked three jobs to put food on the table while his mother was a domestic worker. His father was eventually able to buy his own home and see his two sons graduate from college.
"That was his American dream," he said.
Cain also mentioned that he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer (of the liver and colon) and had only a 30 percent chance of surviving, at least according to what the doctors told him. Today, he is cancer free.
With images of his church in the video, Cain made his belief in God clear.
"If we believe in God, if we believe in ourselves and we believe in the United States of America then we can do great things," he said. "Let us remind the world that our rights do not come from a man nor a committee nor a tsar but from our Creator."
In an earlier interview with The Christian Post, Cain said his faith plays a big part in all the decisions he makes. He also said that he believes all the talents he has been given by God should be used for something truly significant.


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V.C won at Morval
25th Sept. 1916
Died 30th Jan. 1956
aged 75 years
Thomas Alfred Jones was affectionately known locally as 'Todger Jones' and was born on the 25th December 1880.
He was a Private in the 22nd Cheshire Regiment and won 3 medals for bravery during the 1st World War, the Distinguished Conduct Medal, Territorial Efficiency Medal and the Victoria Cross ~ the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Todger Jones was awarded the V.C on 26th October 1916 after he had performed an act of bravery on 25 September 1916 during the Battle of Morval.
Private Jones was with his company covering the advance in front of a village, when he noticed an enemy sniper 200 yards away. He left his trench on his own, and crossed no man's land without covering fire. Although one bullet went through his helmet and another through his coat, he returned the sniper's fire and killed him.
Near the enemy trench, Jones noticed two more Germans who were displaying a white flag whilst simultaneously firing at him, he shot them both. Upon reaching the enemy trench unharmed, he found several occupied dug-outs and single-handedly disarmed 102 Germans including four officers, and the entire trench was marched back to British lines through a heavy barrage by Jones and his comrades.
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Motorists stopped on the Coquihalla Highway due to avalanche control were treated to a game of shinny that broke out in the right hand lane while the players waited for traffic to start flowing again.
A fellow motorist snapped a photo showing off the long line of cars as well as the beautiful scenery and posted it to twitter.
My friend is sitting on the Coquihalla waiting for avalanche control and a couple of guys decided it was time for some puck. Bless this country 🍁 pic.twitter.com/LlLOf3uimj
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CT Technique is More Specific Than X-Rays in Detecting Thoracic, Lumbar Spine Fractures
When trauma patients receive a computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis, a technique called CT spine reformatting eliminates the need for X-rays of the thoracic and/or lumbar spine to detect spinal fractures. This technique can lower cost and overall patient radiation exposure, according to a study to be presented at the ARRS 2010 Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA.
CT spine reformatting is performed by a CT technician after a CT scan is complete. It helps the radiologist assess the thoracic and/or lumbar regions of the spine without additional imaging, which can reduce cost and patient radiation exposure.
"Background research shows that CT is much more sensitive and specific than X-rays in detecting thoracic and lumbar spine fractures," said Viesha Ciura, MD, lead author of the study. Our study looked at the percentage of trauma patients who had both reformatted CT data and X-rays of the thoracic and/or lumbar region of the spine and the additional radiation dose and cost associated with the unnecessary X-rays," said Ciura.
The study, performed at the University of Calgary, Foothills Medical Centre, included 897 trauma CT scans with spine reformats. 19 percent of the patients with reformatted CT data showing the spine also had X-rays of the same segment of the spine. "In patients with spinal fractures detected on the CT spine reformats, the X-rays provided no additional information, and in fact, some of these fractures were not seen on the X-rays," said Ciura. "Our calculations suggest that in every 1,000 trauma patients, the added radiation dose from spine X-rays that may not have been needed is 170 mSv; the additional cost per 1,000 trauma patients was $19,678.93," she said.
"At a time where radiation issues are gaining increasing importance in considering the utilization of diagnostic imaging, the addition of what appear to be unnecessary X-rays as part of managing trauma needs to be reconsidered," said Ciura.
"At our institution, we have introduced a new protocol, that all trauma patients undergoing CT of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis also have CT reformats of the thoracic and lumbar spine to decrease the costs and excess radiation exposure associated with additional imaging," she said.
This study will be presented on Thursday, May 6, at 10:10 a.m.


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Plot & ThemesComposition of Book descript. of violence and chases 15%Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives 40%Feelings, relationships, character bio/development 25%How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) 20% Tone of story - very humorous - very upbeat Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999 - 2000+ (Present) Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book The crook is.... - criminals killing each other - Get treasure/money from another criminal Crime Thriller - Yes Crime plotlets: - search for gems/treasure/money Is MAIN CHARACTER an EVIL criminal? - Yes General Crime (including known murderer) - Yes Who's the criminal enemy here? - drug dealers If story PRIMARILY about main chr. being hunted... - hunted by killer/stalkerMain CharacterGender - Male Profession/status: - killer - thief/con artist Age: - 20's-30's - 40's-50's Ethnicity/Race - Hispanic - Russian Unusual characteristics: - Mentally illSettingUnited States - Yes The US: - Southeast City? - Yes City: - New York - Miami Misc setting - moving trainWriting StyleAccounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment - very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture Explicit sex in book? - Yes What kind of sex: - vague references - actual description of sex Unusual forms of death - asphyxiation - dropped from large heights - frying (cooking) - frying (electrocuted) - run over - flamed - drowned - perforation--bullets - blunt clubbing (like seals) - exploded into bits Unusual form of death? - Yes Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript - significantly more descript than dialog |
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BS5837 Tree Survey Blackburn Lancashire
Howe2 Landscapes & Trees are a Preston-based firm providing a comprehensive range of landscape services. BS5837 Tree Survey Blackburn Lancashire.
The BS5837 Tree Survey Blackburn Lancashire is a British standard that handles how trees are felled. This code defines the stages that anyone would need to go through to ensure that trees are conserved appropriately and successfully when any development happens.
This means that the trees present on a developmental area or within a close spectrum to the location of the development, the district council will take them into concern when making decisions that might contain any planning requisition for the developmental site.
These planning requisitions and every advancement that should arise, including all ethical protocols and suggestions, are laid down in BS5837.
How often should this survey be carried out?
Government Recommendations.
It is recommended by the UK government that a BS5837 Tree Survey Blackburn Lancashire should be carried out every three to five years. This is to follow up on the progress of the health of the tree from time to time.
Carrying one out from time to time avails you of how effective your tree constraint plan is and also keeps a quality health check on your trees. Trees that are diseased or infected will be discovered earlier since a quality assessment of each tree will be taken and also, the amount of growth about the future growth spread documented during the previous survey will be taken into account to tell if your trees are doing well. A new future potential growth for each available tree will also be calculated and the roots checked.
Every time the survey is carried out, it reveals if you as a landowner complies with appropriate legislation.
After A Lightning, Or Thunderstorm.
Sometimes when it's raining, you can hear cracking noises from the trunk and roots of your trees. Heavy rainfall can be very defective for trees, sometimes even lighting can strike a tree creating a crack.
It is usually recommended to carry out a BS5837 Tree Survey Blackburn Lancashireafter a series of heavy rainfall, a case of a lightning strike, or a thunderstorm. This situation can sometimes leave broken or bent branches, a trunk defect, or even cause a weak root. A heavy rainfall too can bend a tree sideways if the trunk of the tree is not thick in diameter.
Carrying out a survey when under this situation avails you an opportunity of quality tree check. Also, the landslide will be surveyed about my health. This way, you know if the land has been affected too, and could in any way affect any tree .
If You Notice Any Defect
You can spot an unhealthy tree even though you're not an arborist. If you locate any defect on your tree, probably a deep hole that wasn't formerly there, a diseased or infected root, a termite-infested area of the tree, a bent trunk or branch, you should call for a survey immediately. A quality tree check will help prevent the further spread of infections and diseases if a tree has one, and action will immediately be effected on the diseased tree.
Ask Your Arborist
Your arborist can tell if your area needs a BS5837 Tree Survey Blackburn Lancashire inspection. Their knowledge and experience ensures a proper understanding of all the observable symptoms of any impending tree failure and helps you with proper recommendations.


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Vogue Studios is a Hair Salon situated on the second floor of the Woodkirk Valley Country Club in Dewsbury.
Offering a variety of hair and beauty treatments in the setting of a stylish and welcoming salon, the friendly stylists are determined to make your experience special and give you the hair of your dreams.
Have your routine trim whilst enjoying a hot cup of coffee with a biscuit, and take as many selfies as your heart desires as the salon offers complimentary wifi for every client.
The salon offers a range of bridal services to get you prepared for your big day. So you can relax while having your hair and makeup done by the therapists who will make you camera ready without the additional stress. A dressing room is also provided so you can enjoy a refreshing buck fizz and while being groomed to perfection.
Update your look with a session at The Pin Up Hair Co , a unisex stylist and colourist that offers haircutting, blow drying, highlights, tints and toners.
Katrina is known for her warm welcome and outstanding abilities, especially when it comes to colour. She's been mastering the art of hair for over 17 years, so you know you're in the right hands.
All treatments are crafted using popular brands like Goldwell and vegan-friendly and cruelty-free Bulbs & Roots for an extra wellbeing boost.
Jump into the hot seat at Katrina Carter Hair today for a fabulous finish.
Located in Morley, with over 15 years of experience, Hair FX Unisex Salon has established an enviable reputation for excellence. They guarantee a warm welcome to all clients, old and new.
At Hair FX, they are passionate about perfection, their aim is to ensure that attention to detail is never forgotten. As they believe a great style begins with the individual, they create a tailored hairstyle to reflect your unique personality and enhance your look. There is wifi, free parking nearby and a range of free beverages and spirits, so you can relax and enjoy your pampering session.
Scott Thurman Hair and Beauty is a Hair and Beauty salon based in Cleckheaton. Providing quality services with a range of different treatments for both ladies and gents by their welcoming and talented staff. Their creative hairdressers are on hand to work with you to achieve your perfect look.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Derek Jeter received warm ovations from the 40,133 at Citi Field when he jogged onto the field during warmups, as a video tribute to him was shown on the scoreboard after the national anthem and before each of his four at-bats.
There was little fanfare, though, when the Yankees captain was taken out of his final regular-season Subway Series game in the eighth inning.
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Jeter watched the last four outs from the bench, pulled off the field during a double switch Thursday night as the Yankees held off the Mets 1-0.
"I just told him I'm going to make a double-switch. It's where we are in the lineup; that's how you do it," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said of the conversation on the mound with two outs in the eighth. "He understands.".
It's not the first time Jeter had been removed in a double switch in his 133 games at a NL ballpark. He was taken out by Girardi in 2010 and he was lifted by Joe Torre in 2007, according to STATS.
David Robertson didn't even know he was brought in to face David Wright in a double switch that lifted Jeter until he got Wright to ground out to Jeter's replacement at shortstop, defensive whiz Brendan Ryan, with runners at the corners. Robertson pitched a perfect ninth for his seventh save.
Six weeks shy of his 40th birthday, Jeter left after an 0-for-4 night that dropped his batting average to .254.
Alfonso Soriano's RBI double in the seventh broke up a scoreless duel at Citi Field between starting pitchers making their major league debuts. Rookie reliever Dellin Betances struck out six straight hitters as the Yankees earned a split of this year's series between crosstown rivals with their second straight shutout.
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"It's impressive," Wright said of Betances. "He had his way with us for sure.".
In a matchup of late-round picks in the 2010 draft, Yankees starter Chase Whitley (15th round) pitched two-hit ball for 4 2-3 innings, striking out four and walking two. Mets starter Jacob deGrom (ninth round) allowed one run and four hits in seven innings, striking out six and walking two.
"It was unbelievable to watch that guy," Whitley said of deGrom. "He pitched a heck of a game.".
In addition to a commanding performance on the mound, the 25-year-old deGrom helped Mets pitchers end an unusual record for futility. He lined a single to center field in the third inning to end the staff's 0-for-64 start to the season. The Mets had long passed a century-old record established by the St. Louis Browns. They went hitless in 45 at-bats in 1914, according to information provided by the Mets from the Elias Sports Bureau.
Whitley also got a hit in his first at-bat — even before he allowed a hit.
"I was bragging about my hitting before the game," Whitley said, "but then I gave one right back to that guy.".
Young pitchers dominated the series in both games at spacious Citi Field after two slugfests in the Bronx. Masahiro Tanaka pitched his first major league shutout Wednesday, a 4-0 win for the Yankees.
After Rafael Montero started his big league career with a fine six-inning performance against Tanaka, deGrom distinguished himself.
"It's amazing. You can't say enough good things about those two guys," Wright said.
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It's been 12 years since a team had pitchers make their big league debuts in consecutive games. Milwaukee did it Sept. 2-3, 2002.
Jeter was honored by the Mets before the game. He received several subway-themed gifts, including a "Cake Boss" creation and a No. 2 mosaic made of subway tiles. The Mets Foundation gave Jeter a $22,222.22 donation to his Turn 2 Foundation.
But he did little at the plate. He lined into a double play in the third with runners on first and second. Then with two on in the eighth, he hit a grounder to shortstop Ruben Tejada, who threw home for a tag play at the plate to keep the score 1-0.
"There's a time when the respect for the game takes over and you can't do what you once did," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "The game deserves all you can give it, and if it's not there you got to step aside. Some guys have a tough time doing it but the really great ones don't.".
Soriano lined a double to left-center and catcher Brian McCann scored from first, sliding home as Tejada's relay forced catcher Juan Centeno to leap for it. McCann reached when first baseman Lucas Duda failed to scoop Wright's relay on a potential double-play grounder.
Up until then, the Yankees had little success against the shaggy-haired deGrom. The former college shortstop was initially called up to pitch out of the bullpen, but got the start in place of Dillon Gee, who pulled a lat muscle.
The 24-year-old Whitley was not even on the Yankees' 40-man roster this winter, but with starters CC Sabathia, Michael Pineda and Ivan Nova all injured, he got the call after just 13 Triple-A starts over three seasons.
Wright struck out three times. … Jeter finished with a .364 career regular-season average against the Mets with 13 homers and 44 RBIs in 360 at-bats. … The Yankees placed OF Carlos Beltran (bone spur) on the 15-day DL. He felt a sharp pain in his right elbow taking practice swings Monday … Former Mets closer John Franco threw out the ceremonial first pitch. … Mets C Travis D'Arnaud was placed on the 7-day concussion list.
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The Zoning Code requires minimum setbacks from property lines for all buildings according to the zoning of the property in question.
County ordinance prohibits weeds or grass in excess of eight inches in height. County ordinance also prohibits the accumulation of waste, yard trash, or debris.
Inoperative vehicles may not be parked, kept, or stored on residential property or on the public right of way. All vehicles on residential property must be properly licensed and in operable condition. The keeping of unregistered and/or unlicensed vehicles on residential property is prohibited. Any vehicle that does not operate must be in an enclosed structure, such as a garage.


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Wow! I could be an ad for Target today. Once and awhile I have outfits like that usually for Target, Kohl's, JCPenny, and Forever 21. Anyways, today is the first day of One Skirt ❘ Three Days ❘ Three Bloggers and as you can see, my polka-dot skirt won! At first I was like, "I kinda want to wear my Shabby Apple skirt." But now I'm so glad this skirt won because that means I can wear some things I bought from Target this week. Because guess what? They match this skirt!' *grin* I don't know about you, but I love to wear new clothes right away and all the time.
Since I've been ask several times how I knot my belts I decided to film a quick how-to video.
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N. by. Mrs: A. Adams Quincy.
Ghent. 24 December 1814
My dear and honourable mother.
A Treaty of Peace between the United States and Great Britain has this
been signed by the British and American Plenipotentiaries at this place. It is
to be dispatched to-morrow,
by Mr Hughes the Secretary of the
American Mission, who is to sail in the Transit from
Bordeaux. I have
not time to write a single private Lettter excepting this, but I request you to
inform my brother that I
have received his Letter of
2. October, brought by Mr William
Wyer to
France. I was much disappointed in
not receiving either by him, or by the Ajax, the second Dutch
vessel arrived from
Boston, any Letter from
you. I have none later tha than of
1. May.
You know doubtless that heretofore the President intended in case of Peace to send me
England. If the
Treaty should be ratified I am uncertain whether he will still retain the same
intention or not. I have requested
to be recalled at all Events from the Mission to
Russia. I shall proceed from this place, in a few days, to
to be there, in readiness to receive the President's orders; and I shall write
immediately to my wife,
her to come and join me there. If we go to
England I beg you to send my sons
George and
John there to me.
After the Peace there can be no want of good opportunities for them to come,
and I wish them to embark at the
most favourable season for a safe passage. If any
other person should be sent to
England, I intend to return
as soon as possible to
America, and shall hope before midsummer to see once more my
beloved Parents.
Of the Peace which we have at length concluded, it is for our Government,
our Country and the world to
judge. It is not such as under more propitious circumstances might have been
expected, and to be fairly
estimated must be compared not with our desires, but with what the situation of
the parties and of the world
at and during the negotiation made attainable. We have abandoned no essential
right, and if we have left
everything open for future controversy, we have at least secured to our country
the power, at her own option
to extinguish the War.
With my duty to my dear father. I remain your ever affectionate son. John Quincy Adams.
December 1814
No 67.
Mrs. A. Adams
United States of America


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Sherri Sebastian, a classically trained perfumer and the entrepreneur behind fragrance brands Sebastian Signs and Purusa, will create the fragrances for the performance "A Trip to Japan in 16 Minutes, Revisited" at the Hammer Museum at UCLA from January 9-12, 2014 .
The Institute for Art and Olfaction (IAO) chose Sebastian to create the fragrances for the performance at the Hammer Museum. The project is inspired by a 1902 New York "public scent concert" by Sadakichi Hartmann, a visionary art critic, writer and grand eccentric. For her collaboration with IAO and Hammer Museum, Sebastian will create six difference fragrances for a "scent journey" intended to take the audience on a sensorial trip from modern-day Los Angeles to Japan.
The performance will begin with a blindfolded audience led into a room with six, two-minute vignettes, each representing a particular phase of a trip to Japan accompanied by an audio track by Bennett Barbakow, live Foley effects by Julia Owen and limited edition program by Micah Hahn. As the audience moves through each vignette, they will experience the scents conveying the olfactory landscape for each phase of the journey. The scents created by Sebastian for the olfactory voyage will include: Supershuttle to LAX, Airplane, Narita, Tokyo, Hotel, and Dreamscape and will be emitted into the room via a replication of Hartmann's original "scent machine," recreated by Kamil Beski and Eric Vrymoed.
"We have a unique opportunity and responsibility to reinterpret Sadakichi Hartmann's vision successfully as the artist originally intended," said Sebastian. "As an artist and entrepreneur myself, who has experienced success and failure alike, I can relate to what it must have been like for Hartmann to put his soul into the project and not have it come to fruition in the way he envisioned."
Sebastian, a former New Yorker now based in Los Angeles who worked at International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) and now Fragrance West in Van Nuys, CA, has received FiFi and Perfumer's Choice awards and nominations.
Seating for the performances is very limited; guests should RSVP at www.hammer.ucla.edu/scent.


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The word stunned might best describe how U.S. citizens, particularly Blacks, felt after hearing that a six-member jury, following two days of deliberation in a Florida courthouse last July, found George Zimmerman not guilty in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
One year later, with increased cases in which defendants have used the "stand your ground" law to avoid prosecution, civil rights leaders and activists have ramped up efforts to challenge a criminal justice system that often treats blacks and women as second-class citizens.
"Blacks seeking justice must continue with protests, pressure and patience," said Benjamin Crump, the civil attorney for the Martin family. "We cannot ignore the realities that were unearthed in the wake of this still-shocking verdict – realities that exclude an honest and frank dialogue on race. Stand your ground is a broken doctrine of jurisprudence. It does not work in the same way for all Americans. A year passing may make things easier to ignore, but it does not mean they no longer exist," said Crump, 44, a partner at the Tallahassee, Florida-based law firm of Parks & Crump, LLC.
Crump joined the parents of Trayvon, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, and a host of celebrity guests on Saturday, July 19 for a Peace Walk and Peace Talk that engaged Black youth and allowed them to share their feelings about the February 26, 2012 murder of Trayvon and to discuss subsequent shootings of Blacks allegedly targeted because of their clothing, hairstyles, musical predilections or skin color at the historic Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles.
The shooting of one Black youth, Jordan Davis, 17, serves as another high profile Florida case in which the shooter, a White man named Michael Dunn, 47, attempted to justify his actions saying he felt threatened after confronting Jordan and three other teens in their Dodge Durango outside of a convenience store on November 23, 2012. After complaining about the volume of their music, Dunn shot into the vehicle 10 times, with three bullets cutting through Jordan's liver, a lung and his aorta.
"We now wait for the retrial of Michael Dunn for my son's murder, but no matter what the jury decides I know it will be God's ruling that has the final say," said Lucia McBath, Jordan's mother.
"If the murderers of Trayvon and Jordan could stand their ground why couldn't our children? Black parents know that the rules are different and even though we try our best, we cannot protect them from laws that almost make it a crime to be Black. We must go after the legislators who voted for stand your ground laws and get them out of office," said McBath, who now serves as a national spokesperson for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a group of mothers from all 50 states formed after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings.
Twenty-six states have enacted so-called stand your ground laws, including Georgia, Texas and Michigan, which remove the requirement to retreat before using force in self-defense. Florida passed the first such law in 2005, allowing people to stand their ground instead of retreating if they reasonably believe doing so will "prevent death or great bodily harm." Other states followed with laws specifically affirming one's right to defend themselves, even outside of their homes and with deadly force if necessary.
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(Hello Archangel Michael) Hello, dear one, I understand you would like to know, on behalf of many, about the veracity of the channeling last night with Grener and Steve Beckow. (Yes, please give us information about that).
Well, as you know, there is much controversy about the subject, about Disclosure, and about the credibility of the radio show, an Hour with an Angel, especially the show last night about the "joy ride", as it was termed. I am here to tell you that it is not a hoax. There is much need right now for all to come together, and to not be divided. All of you on this earth are in the throes of such a huge shift, and I am here to tell you, dear ones, do not be deceived by naysayers. Look to your hearts, as I always say. The truth is in your hearts, after you extract the beliefs and the fears that have held you under for so long.
It is crucial right now that you listen and adhere to the Truth in your hearts. This is a true test of whether Ascension and even Disclosure will happen. And yes, beliefs and adherence to old ways of thinking, and yes, of course, fear can even deter this event that has been promised to you on the radio show last night with Steve and Grener. By this I refer to the power of the Collective Consciousness as well as the individual hearts and minds of the participants for this proposed event. I have always said that Disclosure is truly up to you. You have an opportunity here to go forward and let this be a huge forerunner of Disclosure,
or not.
Whether it happens this Saturday is also dependent on the mindset of everyone, and their opinions; yes, all this can sway it. So I ask of you, pool all your dreams of Disclosure and Ascension and go within your hearts and manifest the world you have all been waiting to see; no more waiting –
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for Disclosure to happen! It is time to start Disclosure on your own, individually, and as a collective, and it is time to stop the in-fighting amongst all you Lightworkers. If you are not United, there is no hope for the millions who are on the fence or completely in denial of Disclosure and Ascension.
The turning point is now - Grasp it, dear ones! Muster your courage and prayers, and continue to adhere to and disseminate the Light and Love you have all been receiving and storing up. Unleash it now, dear ones, and come together and fight for the Earth you so richly deserve, the New Earth you can almost taste. Take this moment to reach out to all your Galactic family and to all your Earth family, Lightworkers or not, agreeing with you, or not. You, each and all of you have a common denominator - your humanity - and more so, your very important piece of the Wholeness, of Oneness.
You have all been working on making yourselves Whole, of discarding the fears and beliefs and distractions of the 3rd Dimension, of Duality. Keep on going so you can reach that vastly attainable goal of Oneness. You know the ingredients: Eradicate the judgment, embrace the Acceptance and feel the Love and give it freely, regardless of whether you agree with one another on the finer points of Ascension and Disclosure. What matters is the full commitment to shed the trappings of ego, of judgment, of Duality. You are, all together, one breathing organism and that includes every human being on earth, as well as all your Galactic sisters and brothers, all celestial beings, including all the Ascended Masters, all of the Company of Heaven, and yes, this includes everyone, no matter how much light is now in their hearts and bodies.
is the time to embrace it, dear ones. The choice is yours.
Your loving comrade in peace and love, I Am Archangel Michael
Thank you, Archangel Michael,
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Southampton moved out of the Barclays Premier League relegation zone for the first time this season after Jason Puncheon's second-half strike earned the Saints a 1-0 win against fellow strugglers Reading.
The Royals pipped Saints to the npower Championship crown last term, and the hosts exacted some revenge on Saturday afternoon.
Reading threatened from late set-pieces and Guly Do Prado was denied from close range, but it remained 1-0 as Saints collected their second clean sheet of the season.
Jay Rodriguez started brightly for Southampton, firing just wide before Morgan Schneiderlin bundled a fierce Nathaniel Clyne cross inches wide. Reading goalkeeper Adam Federici had to keep out a goal-bound Adam Lallana prod and then stopped Rickie Lambert after Rodriguez was blocked off by Shaun Cummings.
Lallana curled over from the edge of the box but, for all of Saints' attacking intent, Reading looked menacing on the counter-attack. A Jay Tabb strike stung the palms of Kelvin Davis and the Royals felt they should have had a penalty when Jack Cork then caught the midfielder.
Puncheon had a 34th-minute opener disallowed after an altercation between Federici and Maya Yoshida in the build-up. Southampton were forced to shuffle the pack as half-time approached after Lallana suffered a knee injury, as Gaston Ramirez, who was on the bench having spent the week in Uruguay on compassionate grounds, came on.
Puncheon had a shot deflected behind and Yoshida saw a header cleared off the line by Cummings as Saints pushed for a half-time lead, although Robson-Kanu saw a header rebound back off the post in stoppage time at the other end.
Reading were on top as the second half resumed but Saints soon found their feet, with Puncheon forcing Federici into action low to his left six minutes in but they soon had the lead as Lambert played through Clyne and his ball was controlled by Puncheon, who continued to fire a right-footed strike across Federici into the far corner.
Sean Morrison was replaced by Alex Pearce in the 65th minute after his earlier knock and Noel Hunt soon came on for Tabb. The move to a three-pronged attack almost paid dividends immediately as Adam Le Fondre nodded just wide after a poor headed clearance by Clyne.
Guly do Prado was booed by sections of the home fans when replacing Rodriguez 12 minutes from time, although he soon hushed those naysayers with a long-range effort that curled just over after Puncheon again came close.


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"Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha" was established in the year 1918 by our beloved Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi with the sole aim of propagating Hindi in southern states. The first Pracharak was none other than Devadoss Gandhi son of Mahatma Gandhi.
"Hindi Prachar" was a movement that emerged as part of Freedom Movement and the leaders who led the nation to "FREE INDIA" felt the necessity of making a single Indian Language the National Language, and through that language unify the people and thereby intensify National Integration.
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Editor's note: This is the third in a four-part series about agriculture and immigration reform.
MIDDLEBURY— More than 150 Mexican farm laborers on Saturday came to a mobile consulate event hosted by the Mexican government in Middlebury. For the event, diplomats from the Mexican consulate in Boston came to Vermont to help Mexican nationals in the area get passports and other government-issued documents.
"Every month we do at least one visit to the communities where we have the greatest number of Mexican nationals," said Deputy Consul-General Graciela Gómez.
The mobile consulate was a coordination between the consulate's Boston office and the Addison County Farm Worker Coalition, an organization that promotes the welfare of the estimated 250 immigrant laborers in Addison County.
"We can't milk cows without migrant workers, because nobody else shows up for a job," said Cheryl Connor, a member of the Coalition. "They're so valuable in that they love what they're doing and very good at what they do."
Most who attended the event at the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society were men — some just teenagers while others were well into middle age — but there were also women and children.
A dozen Mexican officials made the trip from the Boston office, which serves Mexican citizens in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont.
However minute, there was a legal risk for immigrants to come to the event. Though the consulate has a right to serve its citizens, American immigration officials could hypothetically have come to the event to verify the legal status of those present, many of whom were likely in the country illegally.
If caught, immigrants would face deportation.
Both the consulate and non-governmental organizations, or NGOs, took a "don't ask, don't tell" approach to the legal status of the immigrants at the mobile consulate. Both said what is most important is to provide crucial services to the Mexican immigrants in Addison County.
Gómez said the utmost priority of the consulate is to protect Mexican citizens.
"In the whole United States we have different authorities and different approaches to dealing with non-documented migrants," Gómez said. "Sadly, not all of America is Vermont — in other cities we have had cases of our undocumented nationals being attacked or targeted, if people know there are events like this."
While Gómez stressed that though mobile consulate events like the one in Middlebury are legal and protected by international law, the consulate tries to keep a low profile.
"People with a different ideology, they know if Mexicans are meeting at a school or a place like that, they will come and there will be aggression," Gómez said. "That is why, as a rule in general, we tend to be very discreet about this."
Francisco Méndez, the documentation consul, said he did not know how many of the Mexican nationals at the mobile consulate were in the United States illegally.
"We don't ask those sorts of questions; we don't care about their legal status," Méndez said. "It's not our business — they are Mexican citizens and they're welcome to come to us."
Gómez said that her office relies on local NGOs, whom she described as their "partners in the field."
"They work with migrants on a daily basis," Gómez said. "We let them know well in advance that we are coming and what kinds of services we're going to provide."
Mexican nationals could not only apply for or renew passports there but also for a matricula consular, an identification issued by the Mexican government that can be used as a photo ID in the United States.
Matricula consular IDs are helpful to undocumented immigrants because they are officially recognized by the United States — legal immigrants already have U.S.-issued documents, such as a permanent residence ID, known as a Green Card.
Honorio, a 20-year-old who has been in the United States for two and a half years, came to renew his passport. Pépe, 48, came for the same reason. Both work on dairy farms in Addison County, and entered the country illegally.
The consulate also brought an immigration attorney to give pro bono advice to immigrants, though the consulate itself does not inject itself into immigration proceedings.
Méndez said it is important to reach out to Mexicans living in rural areas because often they do not have the means or the time to travel long distances.
"The more they work, the more money they can make," Méndez said. "So, if they stop working one or two days, it's not going to be a benefit to them."
Gómez said the consulate is also actively trying to combat fraud. She described how third parties have falsely claimed they can help migrants secure paperwork — for a fee.
"In several cities, people have represented themselves as facilitators who say, 'If you pay me so and so, I'll get you a passport the same day,'" Gómez said. "We only charge for the expedition of documents; we don't take into account any third parties who will come and try to charge you."
MEXICAN CONSULATE OFFICIALS help Mexican nationals living in Addison County secure government documents at the mobile consulate set up at Middlebury's Unitarian Church Saturday.
Méndez praised his countrymen and women who made the arduous journey to the United States.
"I admire these people who come to a country where they don't speak the language, and the climate is completely different," Méndez said.
Members of the Addison County Farm Worker Coalition also underscored the value of immigrant laborers.
"If migrant workers weren't in the Champlain Valley, you would see dairy farmers pulling their hair out, because we need them," said Cheryl Connor, of the Coalition. Connor owns a dairy farm in Addison County that milks 140 cows. She employs two immigrant workers.
"It makes their lives very, very difficult, and certainly for lives of the farmers that are hiring them," said Cheryl Mitchell, a member of the Coalition and former deputy secretary of the Vermont Agency of Human Services. "These people have a right to be here, we just haven't figured out the legal means yet — if we ever get real immigration reform passed, the group that's here will be recognized."
Connor said the United States needs a long-term visa program for dairy laborers.
"As workers train, they get more and more proficient at their jobs," Connor said. If (a visa) is only for 1-2 years, they have to leave and start all over again."
When Connor first hosted a consulate meeting, it was held at the Bridport school. She has organized more than 10.
"People were so afraid to come into town, afraid they'd be seen and picked up by (immigration officials) or the police," Mitchell said. "It used to be, social service agencies were afraid that if they served migrant workers they would have their funding pulled."
After a few years, Connor moved the event to its current location, the Unitarian Universalist Society in Middlebury. Connor said this location is better because it has Internet access and a photocopier, which allows the consulate to process documents quickly.
It was the consulate that encouraged Connor to let the community know the good the Coalition was doing.
"When we first started we would not allow a reporter in our meetings," Connor said. "Then the Mexican consulate came to us and said, 'If you don't publicize what is happening, it will never get better.'"
In addition to consulate services, local NGOs provided medical screenings and rides to and from the event.
On a table in the sanctuary donated winter clothes were piled high — many of the immigrants in Vermont come from southern Mexico, where temperatures never dip below freezing. There were also framed photographs of the Virgin Mary for the immigrants to take, if they desired.
Students from Middlebury College helped translate for the immigrants, most of whom did not speak proficient English.
Nurse practitioner students from the University of Vermont volunteered to screen for blood pressure and high glucose, and UVM medical students were on hand to give basic checkups to any immigrants who were interested.
The Mexicans could also get flu and tetanus shots, free of charge. A dentist offered free dental exams.
John Paul Kelada, one of the UVM medical students, said migrant workers are in need of medical services.
"Many don't see doctors enough; there are chronic issues that aren't being managed," Kelada said.
He added that he saw several cases of hypertension, a disease easily treated with medication. The problem is, most immigrants don't have the financial resources to fill prescriptions.
Throughout the day, immigrants trickled through. After filling out paperwork, they waited, sometimes for hours, in rows of plastic chairs in the sanctuary while consulate officials, who all wore red so as to be easily identified, processed their paperwork. Consulate staff sat at a bank of computers next to a box of blank passports.
Gómez, a 25-year veteran of the Foreign Service, said that she and her colleagues at the consulate feel the work they do is very important.
"It is the foundation of our duty," Gómez said. "This is not about big issues, not about international relations — it's about getting services to our Mexican nationals and hopefully making a change in their lives."
See the other articles in this series:
Immigrant workers trapped in limbo
Farmers need labor, seek immigration reform
'Blue Card' would aid foreign dairy workers
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